#BlueJays affiliates split eight games down the middle Tuesday. #LetsGoBlueJays
Rochester 10 Buffalo 8
Rowdy Tellez had two singles and three walks but no extra-base hits. Andy Burns had three hits and a stolen base. Bryan Baker was the only pitcher to emerge unscathed. A scoreless inning with two K's gives him a 1.04 ERA over his six appearances with the Herd.
New Hampshire 2 Akron 1
Nate Pearson scattered two hits and three walks and struck out five over six scoreless frames, cutting his ERA to 2.54. The outfielders were busy as they handled 11 of the 12 outs in play. Kevin Smith had two hits, including a home run. He's hitting .432 over his last 10 games.
Fort Myers 11 Dunedin 6
Nick Podkul recorded the only two-hit game for the D-Jays. He's hitting .271 in his first 14 games in the Florida State League. Chavez Young had a hit, a walk and two steals.
Connor Law struck out the side in his one inningto give him 46 K's over 37-1/3 innings but his WHIP is 1.66.
Lansing 5 Lake County 1
Hunter Steinmetz has a seven-game hit streak and is hitting .344 over his last 10 games. He also stole two bases to give him 14 in 16 tries. Tanner Kirwer had two hits to extend his hitting streak to eight games.
Troy Watson walked four and struck out nobody but gave up just two hits over six shutout frames. Randy Pondler gave up an unearned run over three innings to get the save in his Midwest League debut.
Boise 5 Vancouver 1
Yorman Rodriguez homered and is leading the Northwest League with a .364 average. Trevor Schwecke had two hits in the leadoff spot.
Grant Townsend pitched for the first time since July 11, spinning two shutout innings of two-hit relief with two Ks.
Bluefield 5 Kingsport 1
Eric Rivera had two hits and two RBI and is hitting .333 over his last 10 contests. Miguel Hiraldo went 0-for-4 but is hitting .296.
Luis Alvarez got the win with two shutout innings after Jol Concepion pitched the first four frames, giving up six hits but whiffing four with zero walks. Alvarez was a free-agent signing by Toronto in December of 2016 out of Venezuela.
GCL Phillies West 2 GCL Blue Jays 1
Alberto Rodriguez had two hits and drove in the only run. Dasan Brown walked, was hit by a pitch and stole two bases.
Rafael Monsion pitched five shutout frames with five hits and two walks allowed but struck out five.
DSL Blue Jays 5 DSL Reds 3
Adrian Montero knocked home two runs and is hitting .309. Glenn Santiago had a two-hit day and swiped a base. Juan Pizarro had a hit, a walk and his 19th stolen base.
Jonatan Bernal tossed four shutout innings of two-hit ball and rung up six. Ronald Govea got the win with 1-2/3 shutout innings.
*** 3 Stars!!! ***
3. Troy Watson, Lansing
2. Kevin Smith, New Hampshire
1. Nate Pearson, New Hampshire
Extra Innings
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